Exercising has many definitions and means many things to different people. Many people exercise to make themselves feel fit. You see examples of this everyday at most gyms: people on the treadmill reading the newspaper; a person moving through the machines, taking lots of breaks, talking to their trainer, looking hardly like they’re “working.” These people get to feel good about themselves because they’ve “checked the box” on their to-do list labeled “workout.” These are also the people you see whose physiques never seem to change.
At CrossFit Ocean City, you will never see our CrossFitters doing "cardio" while sitting on a bike, reading a magazine. Nor will you see them "exercising" using a weight machine. Our workouts are intense – they challenge you and your body to do things you never dreamt possible. They require mental alertness, focus, and concentration. And our workouts will call upon your coordination, accuracy, balance, agility, speed, power, strength, endurance, stamina, and flexibility. Working these ten general physical skills is what we call "training" - and its purpose is to make improvements regularly in all areas of fitness.
At CrossFit, we've defined fitness as intensity. CrossFit is based on intensity, but intensity relative to each person's individual ability. Intensity is defined as power output. Average power can be measured in any endeavor, or workout, so it's our tool for measuring your fitness. If we improve your power output on a given workout, we improve your fitness. Wouldn't it be great to measure your fitness each and every day? With CrossFit, you will.
-Edited and reprinted with permission from CrossFit LA
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